Searching for books in the Rodney Libraries catalogue is easy. And you can do it from the comfort of your own home simply by logging onto http://www.rodneylibraries.govt.nz/.
When you arrive at our webpage, choose to “search the catalogue”. There are several options for you here. If you know the name of the book, you simply do search by Title and then put the name of the title in the second box
You can also search for other books by a favourite author by changing the criteria to Author and entering the name (put Surname, then first name e.g. Reichs, Kathy) and a full list of all the books (including audio books) will be displayed for you to see which library in Rodney is holding them, where on the shelf they are (this is the Call Number) and if they are available. Click here to see the result of my search this morning for Kathy's books.
When you do your search and if you want to see more information, if you put your cursor (the arrow or pointer on your screen) over anything that is in blue and left click your mouse, this should take you to the next screen for a fuller description. For instance clicking on the first of Kathy's books in our results Bare Bones will reveal that we have a number of copies on our shelves, not just the three or four that were showing in our original summary.
The other common option for searching is to carry out a search by subject. Whether you want to know about dinosaurs (a favourite subject of our boys) or cooking, simply change the criteria in the first box to subject and then enter your subject into the second box. If you have a very specific subject that you are looking for, another option is to use the keyword search (this is a bit like a google search and can give you both useful and varied results).
A useful tool to use when you are first starting out is the Guided Tour or ask one of the librarians to show you next time you are in your local library.
Have a fantastic day.
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